Artificial bait.



E. L. EVANS.

ARTIFICIAL BMT.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 25. 1912.

1,089,915. Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

l C j( M UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFTCE.

EDWARD LEWIS EVANS, OF FORT MYERS, FLORIDA.

ARTIFICIAL BAIT.

Application filed November 25, 1912.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD L. EVANS, acitizen ot' the United States, residing at Fort Myers, in the county ot'Lee and State of Florida, have invented a certain new and usefulArtificial Bait, of which the follow ing is a specification.

This invention relates to artilicial bait for fish, and particularly tospoon bait, and it has for its object to provide a simple, comparativelyinexpensive spoon bait in which the distance the trolling spoon mayslide after the sh has been hooked is practically unlimited and in whichthe spoon and hook are forced to revolve or spin in unison, whereby thehook is always held in proper relative position with the spoon, and itconsists of the parts and combination of parts hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part oit' this specification,Figure 1 is a side elevation of a spoon constructed according to myinvention. Fig. 2 is a transverse seetion on the line 2 2, Fig. l. Fig.3 is a central longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one endportion of the snood showing` the crossbar formed thereon. Fig. il is aside elevation showing a modified form ot the invention. Fig. 5 is atransverse section on the line 5-5, Fig'. t. Fig. 5tL is a detail viewshowing a modilied 'forni of crossbar. Fig. G is a side elevationshowing another modification of the invention. Fig. (5 is a detail view.

Similar let-ters refer to similaiparts throughout all the views.

Referring to the drawings A represents the spoon, B the snood, and C thehook. The spoon may be of the shape shown or of any suitable orpreferred form.

As shown in Fig. l a loo-p D is fixed at one end of the spoon and at asuitable distance from the opposite end of the spoon an eye E is securedobliquely across the median ,line of the spoon. As best shown in Fig. 8the eye E is secured to the spoon by inserting its ends through openingsin the spoon and swaging said ends, but any other' preferred means otIirinly securing the eye in place may be employed. The snood B is formedol wire, and, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3a, one end thereof is passedthrough the eye of a hook, C, and bent to form a loop a, and coiled orwrapped on the wire for a short distance, as at o, in order to securethe snood and hook together, and, is then bent out- Speecaton of LettersPatent.

Patented Mar. 10, 19t-'1,

Serial No. 733,411.

wardly at right angles and, at a point at or near one edge of the spoon,is bent on itself and carried back to the body wire and given a turnthereon and is then carried outwardly to the opposite edge ot the spoon,bent on itself and brought back to the body wire and bent around thesame to secure it thereto` thus lori'ning a crossbar F. The crossbar Fserves a double purpose, tirst, to .limit the approach of the spoon tothe hook, but leaving it lree to slide away from the hook the wholelength ot the snood or the distance between the crossbar and the swivelG usually connected therewith, alter the tish has been hooked, and,second, to so connect the spoon and hook that the latter is caused torevolve or spin in unison with the spoon. Thus while the longitudinalmovement; o the spoon away :troni the hook is unimpeded, when the Iishis hooked, its approach to the 'hook is limited by the crossbar, andwhile the hook and spoon are not directly connected or fastened togetherthe spinning movenient ol thc spoon is imparted to the hook by reason ofthe crossbar engaging the saine, and the proper relative position of thehook and spoon is maintained.

In Figs. et, 5, and 5 the spoon A is shown with a xed loop 1) at one endoi the spoon and a transversely arranged eye le" secured thereto. Theeye lil', in this instance, is formed ot' a. metal bar bent, to 'formthe. eye and having its ends welded or soldered to thc spoon. 'lhe snoodB is shown as -formed with an eye to connect with the hook and acrossbar F, consisting oi metal bar welded or otherwise rigidly securedto the snood and extending at right angles thereto so as to acti, inconnection with eye E', to limit movement of the spoon toward the hook,and also to engage the spoon at opposite sides ot the. snood in order tocause t-he hook to spin in unison with the spoon in a manner similar tothat described above.

ln Figs. t3 and (3 the spoon A2 is shown with a loose ring or loop D2 atone end and with an eye All2 firmly secured transversely the spoon.Adjacent the eye Il? and along the median line ot the spoon a slot L isformed, said slot being oil a width to permit ot the easy entranceedgewisc ot the loop K it'ormed on the end of the. snood B2, a chainlink 3l' :forming the connection between the hook and the snood. In thisforni oit the device the connection between the hook and the spoon ismade by the loop K entering the slot and thus causing the hook and s oonto spin in unison, While the approach ot the spoon to the hook islimited by the loop K and the eye E2 in a manner similar to that abovedescribed.

Having thus described my invention What l claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

l. An artificial bait, comprising a spoon, a hook, a snood, means on oneface of the spoon through Which said snood passes freely lengthwise7 andmeans movable into and out of engagement with the spoon for limiting theapproach of the spoon to the hook.

2. An artiicial bait comprising a spoon, a hook, and a snood, means onone face of the spoon through Which the Snood passes lengthwise, andmeans carried by the snood and movable into and out of engagement Withthe spoon for limiting the approach of the spoon to the hook and forholding the spoon and hook in rotative Connection When so engaged.

3. An artificial bait, comprising a spoon, a hook, and a Snood, thesnood being slidably connected to one face of the spoon and formed tolimit the approach of the spoon to the hook and to cause the spoon andhook to rotate in unison.

In testimony whereof, I aliX my signature, in the presence of twoWitnesses.

EDVVARD LEVS EVANS.

Vitnesses:

J. H. L. THOMPSON, W. M. STANNARD.

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